Rain Water Harvesting System in Railways

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Rain Water Harvesting System in Railways

December 29, 2019, 4:51 PM

Presently, 2428 numbers of Rain Water Harvesting systems, including roof top rain water harvesting systems, have been installed at different locations which also include Railway Stations on Indian Railways in various Zones and the Zone-wise position is as under:

Zonal Railway	Number of Rain Water Harvesting Systems installed
Central	165
Eastern	3
East Central	6
East Coast	67
Northern	436
North Central	35
North Eastern	17
Northeast Frontier	1
North Western	54
Southern	268
South Central	797
South Eastern	78
South East Central	138
South Western	239
Western	37
West Central	87
Total	2428

Railways have decided to install Rain Water Harvesting, wherever feasible from techno-economic considerations i.e. intensity of rain fall, level of water table, soil type, salinity of ground water etc. on all such existing buildings including Railway Stations having roof top area of more than 200 sq meters and all new constructions of built assets, like service building, hospitals, stations buildings (incl. remodeling etc.), railway quarters, workshops/ sheds etc.

This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha

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